Lord Justice Treacy speaks at the Court of Appeal in London (Image: PA Archive/PA Images)

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The judge, sitting with Mr Justice Stuart-Smith and Judge Rupert Mayo QC, said that there was a "history of ill feeling" between Powell and a brother of Simon and Jason Tompkinson, who had previously been in a relationship with Powell's girlfriend and whom he claimed "owed him money."

The attack on Simon Tompkinson was savage, with him being kicked and punched as well as being struck with the handle of the knife.

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Lawyers for Powell pleaded with the judges not to increase his sentence, saying he was a relatively young man who had not been jailed before.

But Lord Justice Treacy said: "There is a strong public interest in just and fitting sentences being imposed for serious crimes."

Powell had previous convictions for affray and possession of an offensive weapon, he added.

"It seems to us that the sentence passed was unduly lenient," the judge concluded.

"We consider that a just and proportionate term is a period of six years four months."

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